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My status:
Con:
Almost certainly won't enjoy
People tend to go due to pressure/scaredness
No idea where I want to go in life
The immense amount of money
Pro:
You get a degree
No idea where I want to go in life

there's the obvious 'just left home, in halls, only 18, getting wasted'.... not everyone does that. it's up to you what you want to do. it's your life. you shouldn't let outside pressure or 'expectance' influence whether you go to uni. most of the shit you see on tv is bollocks anyway. i had a brilliant group of mates at uni - i still live with some of them. we went out together, got drunk, laughed, went to the cinema, sightseeing, holidays, blah blah blah.

I'm a mature student and I love it. I don't get involved in typical student stuff I just really enjoy studying. It took me 10 years to work out what I wanted to study, what I was interested in and what I wanted to do for a career. So there's no rush really. Plus if you wait until you're over 21 you can apply as a mature student and so pretty much can chose what you want to study regardless of grades at A-Level.

if there's something specific you want to study. If you really want the university experience [campus, living with new people, financial responsibility, uni social life etc.

If neither of those apply, DON'T GO. Wait a little. Maybe you'll want to come back and do it in a few years. You can do that. Maybe you'll find there's something you really want to study, or a career you really want to approach, where a degree will help you. Maybe save some money to that end, so when you want to do it, you can. Then take some time to find the right uni for the course you want.

Don't be that person, a few years from now, saddled with debt, and not particularly chuffed with what they've got to show for it. It costs enough, you ought to get your money's worth.

apparently you get free prescriptions in scotland until you're 25??!? or something? hanging around with some of these foreign types on saturday convinced me i was living in the worstest part of the uk.